Jitesh Sharma-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) featured within the final league stage match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 towards the Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) received the seventieth match of the IPL 2025 towards the Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) by 6 wickets on the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, Could 27.
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I can not specific my ideas, I used to be fascinated about simply staying within the current – Jitesh Sharma
Opting to bowl first, RCB delivered a extremely poor efficiency and allowed LSG to attain 227 for 3, using on Rishabh Pant’s century. Chasing the goal, Jitesh Sharma (85*) performed an distinctive knock whereas Virat Kohli (54) and Mayank Agarwal (41*) chipped in good runs to assist RCB win in 18.4 overs.
Talking throughout the post-match presentation ceremony after successful the Participant of the Match award, RCB stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma mentioned that he simply wished to take it deep following the recommendation of his mentor Dinesh Karthik. He mentioned:
“I can not specific my ideas, I used to be fascinated about simply staying within the current. When Virat bought out I considered taking the sport deep and that’s what my mentor (Dinesh Karthik) tells me that the sort of calibre I’ve I can end the sport from any state of affairs.”
It is a very massive franchise and I’m having fun with the strain – Jitesh Sharma
Jitesh Sharma added that he enjoys the strain of main an enormous franchise just like the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He elaborated:
“It is a very massive franchise and I’m having fun with the strain and after I see these gamers (like Virat, Krunal and Bhuvi) I really feel excited that I get to play with these gamers. We are going to take pleasure in this second and no matter momentum we bought on this recreation, we’ll take it ahead (into the following recreation).”
Jitesh Sharma credited Rajat Patidar for RCB having an incredible away document. He added that each participant within the RCB camp is a match-winner, and so they have a number of perception in themselves. He mentioned:
“Credit score goes to Rajat for giving me this accountability (sustaining the superb document of successful away from dwelling this season). Hazlewood is match and the assumption system in our crew may be very sturdy and whichever gamers you see, everyone seems to be a match-winner and even when we lose 3-4 wickets, we all the time had the assumption.”
RCB had been hammered in a earlier LSG conflict
Royal Challengers Bengaluru had a disappointing outing of their earlier IPL match towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants as they suffered a 28-run defeat on April 2, 2024, on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Electing to bowl first, RCB had a number of shiny moments, however they allowed LSG to register a difficult whole of 181/5 on the board. Glenn Maxwell picked up 2 wickets for 23 runs, and he discovered help from Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, and Reece Topley, who picked up one wicket every.
With the bat, RCB by no means appeared settled within the center and so they had been finally bundled for 153 runs in 19.4 overs. Openers Virat Kohli (22) and Faf du Plessis (19) took the crew off to an honest begin, and Rajat Patidar (29), together with Mahipal Lomror (33 off 13), made good contributions. Nonetheless, LSG pacer Mayank Yadav was too sizzling to deal with for RCB in that recreation and the Tremendous Giants managed to bag a surprising victory.
